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Paedophile nursery worker could have been stopped sooner, says former colleague
Key takeaways
- Serious concerns about a suspected paedophile childcare worker were ignored for months by nursery managers, a BBC investigation has been told.
- A former employee at Partou King Street Nursery in Bristol says she alerted management to Nathan Bennett's behaviour before it was discovered he had been abusing children.
- Bessie Martin told bosses that Bennett would hold children for too long, she says, often sitting them on his lap out of view of CCTV.
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Eleanor Layhe,Hayley Hassalland Jenny Parks,BBC Local Investigations"I was told I was imagining it" - Bessie Martin says her concerns about Nathan Bennett were ignored Warning: This article contains content some may find distressing
Serious concerns about a suspected paedophile childcare worker were ignored for months by nursery managers, a BBC investigation has been told.
A former employee at Partou King Street Nursery in Bristol says she alerted management to Nathan Bennett's behaviour before it was discovered he had been abusing children.
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